The Name of the Doctor

TAKING THE FORM OF THE LATE DR WALTER Simeon, the Great Intelligence uses its Whisper Men to kidnap the Doctor’s friends from 1893. Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint and Strax are taken to Trenzalore in the far future. The Intelligence has discovered that this planet is the site of the Doctor’s tomb, the place where he will eventually die in the current timeline after a long and terrible battle.

Simeon provides the Doctor’s companion Clara Oswald with a message to pass on: “His friends are lost forever more unless he goes to Trenzalore.” Along with Clara, the Doctor crosses his own timeline and travels to Trenzalore in the TARDIS, fully aware that he is walking into a trap laid by the Intelligence. Pursued by Whisper Men and assisted by a psychic echo of River Song, they make their way to the Doctor’s tomb, where the TARDIS belonging to his dead future self now resembles an enormous monument.

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The Doctor’s own people, and his home planet, were introduced in 1969 as a major chapter in the series’ history came to an end. Five decades later, the Time Lords and their devastating war with the Daleks are still essential parts of Doctor Who’s mythology. This special publication analyses every story set on Gallifrey, reveals previously unseen images from the making of the episodes and interviews key players in the Time Lords’ fascinating story.